My name is Natalia Suarez
I'm a passionate
graphic designer
an aspiring actress
who loves art
and is looking for a job.

Currently located in Santo Domingo, D.R.

EDUCATION

PARSONS The New School for Design, 2008
New York, NY.
Communication Design

ALTOS DE CHAVON School of Design, 2006
La Romana, Dom.Rep.
AAS Communication Design
*Magna Cum Laude

PARSONS The New School for Design, 2005
New York, NY.
Graphic Design Summer Intensive

SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe After Effects
Macromedia Freehand
Macromedia Flash
Quark Xpress
XHTML/CSS
Autodesk Maya8

WORKSHOPS

PAULA SCHER & SEYMOUR CHWAST,
Altos de Chavon School of Design, 2006.
Editorial and Illustration

CHARLES NIX
Altos de Chavon School of Design, 2006
Poster Design | Estilo 06.

EXPERIENCE

HOMESET S.A., April 2009 - Current
Santo Domingo, D.R.
Full time Graphic Designer

YBRAND, September 2008
New York, NY.
Freelance

JWT J. Walter Thompson, 2008
New York, NY.
Art Direction&Design Intern

POLO RALPH LAUREN, 2007
New York, NY.
Graphic Design Intern for POLO.COM

ZOLEZ PUBLICIDAD S.A, 2005
Santo Domingo, Dom.Rep.
Part Time Graphic Designer and Assistant

PRO-SURE & GTZ (AIDS/HIV Project),
2006 Santo Domingo, Dom.Rep.
CD Cover design for Experience Collection

BANCO CARIBE, 2006
Santo Domingo, Dom.Rep.
First Credit Cards Designs for a new bank in Dom. Rep.

AWARDS

PROMAX|BDA Student Portfolio Night 2008
Portfolio Night with companies such as: ESPN, Fox, TV Land/Nick at Nite, CBS, DIRECTV, Troika, Corus Entertainment, MOcean and Studio City

PARSONS Ninth Annual Animation and Film Festival 2008
Long Form Animation, Live Action, Documentary
"A Warped Perception of Reality" 4:05

Art Director's Club Portfolio Review 2008
ADC Advertising Portfolio Review

ALTOS DE CHAVON School of Design, 2005
Summer Scholarship to Parsons

PARSONS The New School for Design, 2006
BFA Scholarship
Bludhorn Scholarship of Trust
*Full Scholarship

Fluent in English and Spanish